Even in the world of Kancolle, I want to drive a robot!

Does she still have feelings for Xia Bai? In fact, it can be seen from the puppet on the sofa that the past with Xia Bai has always left a place in Essex's heart.

Essex didn't have the courage like Shigekaku to throw a straight ball. Although her guilt towards Xia Bai had been mostly eliminated, she still couldn't stay by Xia Bai's side as if nothing had happened.

The inner instinct is looking forward to it, but the rational personality is denying it. This is Essex's contradictory mentality in the past few months. She has been in a state of wanting to contact but being afraid.

but now.

She could be free now, free from the feelings she had developed on Sprain Island.

"Let's go back to White Eagle. There is no point in being here any more."

Just like an ordinary human girl, Essex convinced herself in her heart.

"Yes, after Xia Bai leaves, I will pack my things and say goodbye to St. Louis. I can leave Mingyang today, just like I did at the beginning, chasing after the backs of my seniors in the company."

"I don't know if Shangri-La will give me a chance to compete if I go back and say I want to be the leader of the White Eagles..."

Laughing at himself, Essex stood in front of the door, quietly waiting for Xia Bai to leave.

"But I still can't really tell the difference between Azalea and Essex... I like Azalea, and I feel awkward around Essex. But yesterday I realized that my feelings have shifted. Essex is so cute when he's silly, I like him so much."

"Cuckoo, coo, coo, coo."

"You're right, but how can I say this to Essex? After all, I was so ruthless when I was in Tackors."

"Goooooooo!"

"No, I still have some dignity. It's a bit shameless to say this directly. How about I be more tactful and transfer Essex to the castle tower in the name of the boss of the port district after I recover."

"It seems so. I can test her now. It shouldn't be considered sexual harassment for a child to enter a big sister's bedroom, right?"

"..."

He's coming in! ?

After hearing Xia Bai's deliberately low footsteps, Essex became a little flustered. He looked left and right, then quickly returned to the bed and covered his slightly hot face with the quilt.

Essex's mood was like a roller coaster, from top to bottom and then from bottom to top. He had clearly decided to close his relationship and leave, but then he heard Xia Bai's next words.

"I really like it... That's so unfair."

Essex muttered softly, trying to calm Peng Bai's mood, closed his eyes and pretended to sleep. Green, shy, entangled, this is the main theme of a girl's love.

There is nothing normal about the Sakura Empire and the Royal Family!

"Squeak——"

After opening the bedroom door a little, Xia Bai tiptoed to Essex's bed with a puzzled look on his face, and was stunned when he saw the person on the bed.

Xia Bai lowered his voice and asked, "Sha Diao, does Essex usually sleep with just his head covered?"

"Goo~"

"This is the first time I've seen a ship girl sleeping with her clothes on and only a blanket covering her head..."

As if dissatisfied with Xia Bai's ink, Sha Diao fanned Xia Bai's face with its wings, and then pointed at Essex on the bed.

Swallowing his saliva, Xia Bai nervously climbed onto the bed and poked Essex's arm. When he found that the other party did not move at all, he tickled Essex's waist, but there was still no sign of waking up.

Seeing this, a big question mark appeared in Xia Bai's little head.

Is this...pretending to sleep?

Chapter 55 Childhood Friends Officially Join the War

Xia Bai is no longer the silly self he used to be. Essex's way of sleeping seems a little wrong no matter how he looks at it.

Who knows, the other party might have overheard what I said to Sha Diao and pretended to be asleep because he was shy, or maybe he didn't know how to face me.

Generally speaking, when faced with this situation, a normal person should pretend to know nothing and retreat until Essex figures it out himself.

But is Xia Bai a normal person?

With an 'evil' smile on his face, Xia Bai raised a finger towards the silly guy above his head, indicating silence, then climbed down from the bed and closed the door. He focused his mind and completely blocked out his mental fluctuations, then turned around and squatted at the foot of the bed, creating the illusion that he had already left.

'have they gone? ’

After sensing the movement in the room for a while, Essex lifted the quilt covering his head, covered his chest and took a deep breath.

This was clearly an opportunity to express my feelings, but I wasted it because of my shyness. What on earth are you doing, Essex!!!

The more Essex thought about it, the angrier she became. She waved her hands wildly on the bed with the pillow in her arms. Wasn't Xia Bai doing exactly what she wanted? Why did she "escape" at the critical moment?

I am the biggest idiot in the world.

"It's still not too late to chase him now. He shouldn't have gone far..."

Just like when Takors was chasing Xia Bai, Essex did not think about why he wanted to catch up with him or what he would say after catching up. His previous caution and calmness completely disappeared, and his body moved involuntarily.

Turning sideways, Essex didn't step on the soft blanket, but instead seemed to step on something soft.

"Essex, you are too much. You stepped on my face as soon as we met."

The warm breath coming from the soles of his feet made Essex exclaim, and he quickly retracted his foot that was stepping on Xia Bai's face, grabbed the quilt to cover his chest, and stammered: "Didn't you go out? Why are you still in my room!?"

Xia Bai showed a reluctant expression on his face when Black Silk Chocolate suddenly left, and then smiled and said, "Of course I found out that you were pretending to be asleep. Essex didn't think that he could hide it from me by pretending to be an ostrich."

"...Did you hear that?"

"No no no."

Pointing at Essex and then at himself, Xia Bai said softly, "You heard the conversation between me and Sha Diao."

The fair face instantly turned red, Essex shook his head and retorted loudly: "I didn't mean to listen, I just happened to wake up... Anyway, I, I need some time to prepare."

Seeing Jiaozi's flushed face and flustered appearance, Xia Bai narrowed his eyes happily and deliberately asked, "What are you going to prepare? Change clothes?"

"Ready...Ready..."

After hesitating for a long time, Essex was unable to say what she was going to prepare. Her brain was already burnt out when she heard Xia Bai say that he liked her very much.

Seeing the mockery in Xia Bai's eyes, Essex also knew that the other party was asking knowingly, and shouted in shame: "You must use this action to laugh at me, right?"

Climbing onto the bed, Xia Bai slowly approached Essex, leaned over her face and said, "This is not for fun, but to relieve your embarrassment when you see me. Do you feel better now?"

Xia Bai knows Essex very well...or rather, Acelia. Her mental state is very stubborn, her perception of things is not easy to change, and she is not good at speaking.

If they didn't do it on purpose, the two of them would end up feeling awkward because they had no topics to talk about. In order to avoid this, Xia Bai had to take the initiative to guide them.

Staring at Xia Bai's tender and cute face, Essex frowned, lifted his collar and stood up from the bed.

"You'd better save these flirting words for when you transform back to normal. This look is too ridiculous."

Xia Bai: “…”

After a long silence, Xia Bai danced in the air and said angrily: "I was so kind to help you adjust your mental state, Essex, not only did you not show any gratitude, but you even criticized me!"

Pursing his lips, Essex turned his head away and said coldly: "I already know what you want to say. I will report to the castle tower when you change back."

"That's it?"

"What else do you want..."

After thinking for a while, Xia Bai pointed at his chubby face and said seriously: "How about you give me a kiss to show that we are back to normal."

"...Wait, don't do it, or I can give you a kiss...Don't hit my face, I'll lick it for you...Don't hit me, oooo."

The shrill cry made the idiot standing by cover his head with his wings, unable to bear to watch Xia Bai's miserable condition.

I was finally about to succeed, but why did I get sick? Don’t you know that the dumpling skin is too thin?

After giving Xia Bai a good lesson, Essex clenched his fist and said, "You are so shy when you are so young. Why didn't I find out that you are such a person when I was in Sprain."

Covering his eyes, Xia Bai said weakly: "I didn't feel sad at that time... and it's Atago who led me astray to become like this now."

The subsequent remarks made Essex nod her head, because she knew what the original Xia Bai was like, dull, introverted, and holding everything back.

Although he seems indifferent, he actually has a passionate heart. Hidden beneath his ordinariness is a brilliance that is no less than that of a business. This is why Essex was attracted to him at that time.

But look at it now, what is this?

Lost myself in front of the beauty of the ship girl.

This guy has been staying in the castle tower for three months since Solomon was captured. He is usually not seen by anyone, does not work, and just sleeps all day.

After finally getting out of the castle tower, he has been either with this ship girl or that ship girl for three whole months. Is he still a commander?

However, considering the existence of Atago and the Sakura Empire, it is understandable that Xia Bai would become like this.

In Essex's opinion, the Sakura Empire's ship girls are too extreme in their pursuit of desire and do not care about the opinions of others.

Taiho is an example. She drugged others and that kind of thing. Fortunately, Taiho is a ship girl and is not subject to local laws, otherwise this kind of thing would be enough to be tried by a military court.

After figuring this out, Essex's eyes softened, and he thought to himself that Xia Bai was actually quite tired as the commander of the Sakura Empire.

His heart softened, he stroked Xia Bai's face with one hand, and asked gently: "Does it still hurt... I'm sorry, I was too rough."

"...When you change back, I will prove it with my actions."

Hearing this, Xia Bai's eyes lit up, and the pain immediately went away. He pretended to be serious and said, "Ahem, forget about the proof. I have a thick skin and don't care about these."

"Since you said so, forget it."

"Um, Acelia, can't you hear that what I just said was a compliment?" Because he was a little anxious, Xia Bai mixed the two together.

Essex was stunned, as if she had let go of something and regained something. The sunlight shone on her smile, like the spring breeze in March, gentle and sweet.

"What do you think? Ah Bai..."

Chapter 56 There is a traitor, stop investigating

"You really came. I thought you wanted to break the appointment."

In front of the iron gate, Seidlitz crossed one hand to his chest, drank the instant coffee in one gulp, and winked playfully at the blonde ship girl outside the door.

With a cold snort, the Prince of Wales said unhappily, "Humph, I, the Prince of Wales, always keep my word. Isn't it just cleaning? It's no big deal."

Yesterday's arrogance and confidence formed a sharp contrast with today's loneliness and unwillingness. Seydlitz looked at the Prince of Wales with the corners of his mouth rising constantly.

After opening the iron gate and letting the other person in, Seidlitz patted her on the shoulder and said, "You should know the location of the warehouse. Just go get the cleaning tools and take charge of the office building and dormitories 1.2 and , so that others won't say that the Iron Blood bullied you."

Hearing this, the Prince of Wales glanced at Seydlitz and asked curiously, "Are you Iron Bloods so kind?"

When she failed to find Xia Bai last night, she knew that she would fall into Tiexue's hands. She spent the whole night preparing herself mentally, but she didn't expect that Seydlitz, this old-fashioned and unkind guy, would be willing to let her go.

"It seems that we, the Iron Blood, have never taken the initiative to cause trouble... Most of the conflicts since we came to the port area were instigated by the royal family." As he spoke, Seydlitz walked into the security room and threw a can of bottled coffee to the Prince of Wales.

"...No matter what the Royal Family's attitude is, we are now a collective. Let's try it. This is a refreshing drink prepared by Mainz for everyone. We will be very busy next."

Looking at the bottle of coffee in his hand and then at Seydlitz's handsome face, the Prince of Wales felt the iron-blooded goodwill and thought to himself that Ajax was indeed too stingy.

Then he walked into the security room with a licked face, put his arm around Seidlitz's shoulder, and asked in a low voice: "How did you hide the commander? It's not easy to block the spiritual induction of the wedding ship."

"Are we familiar with each other?" asked Seidlitz.

Raising an eyebrow, the Prince of Wales said, "Very familiar, very familiar now, I am your new friend. You see, my new friend just gave me a bottle of coffee."

Shaking the coffee in his hand, the Prince of Wales gave Seydlitz his signature smile.

"I told you, the commander is not in Iron-Blood at all. You are mistaken."

Seydlitz replied coldly, slapping the Prince of Wales' hand away from his shoulder.

Seeing that the other party was unmoved, the Prince of Wales became anxious and said quickly, "No, we are friends. On the surface, the commander is indeed not in Iron Blood, but don't I know the actual situation?"

"Even if I don't know, Jiang Feng and the others' sense of smell should be able to explain it. Tell me, I'm tight-lipped and won't spread anything."

As if annoyed by the other party's familiar behavior, Seydlitz sighed and said, "I can tell you that the commander was indeed in Frederick the Great's room, but he suddenly disappeared after you came in."

"We don't know exactly what happened. The commander disappeared in a very strange way. Bismarck is having a headache because of this."

After thinking for a while, the Prince of Wales continued, "Could it be that the other ship girls took the commander away during the chaos... Weren't you guarding the gate yesterday? Didn't you notice anything wrong?"

"I followed you to Frederick's room last night. The people guarding the door were Lützow and Prince Adalbert. We also asked and found that no child suspected of being the commander was taken away..."

At this point, Seidlitz seemed to remember something and froze.

They all seemed to think that the only way in and out of Iron Blood was through the main gate. In fact, how could they take the commander away through the main gate when doing such a shameful thing? The most convenient way was to climb over the wall with the abilities of the ship girls.

And next to their iron-blooded walls, there are surveillance cameras...

The Prince of Wales saw this and asked quickly: "Why, did you find something?"

Shaking his head, Seydlitz said calmly, "No, I remembered that I have a task for Blücher today... You have stayed long enough, go and clean up."

After saying that, Sedlitz pushed Prince of Wales out of the security room and pulled her into the warehouse. After instructing Wales on the points that needed to be paid attention to, Sedlitz left in a hurry.

The Prince of Wales wanted to follow, but because he was unfamiliar with the terrain, he lost sight of Seydlitz after turning a few corners and could only vent his emotions to the ground.